A framework is presented for district long-range instructional planning which takes into account the financial uncertainty caused by the funding cuts of California's Proposition 13--the Jarvis-Gann initiative of 1978. (SJL)

Institutions of higher learning must formulate language policies, and these policies must be based on a thorough understanding of the student constituency. (CFM)

Presents plans for extending the facilities of a Massachusetts area vocational-technical school to accomodate an estimated thirty-three percent increase in enrollment. The plans described include a 45-15 plan which divides the school year into four quarters and an individualized instructional program. (BM)

Length of academic service was positively related to perceptions that advising contributed to professional success, role security, and adviser salience. Implications of selecting faculty for advising duties and the inclusion of advising skills in professional evaluation are discussed. (Author)

The authors examine the role individualized education programs are expected to play in the implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and the financial and administrative problems created by the new legislation. (MB)

Finnish higher education policy in the last two decades is compared with that of other Western European countries. Addressed are (1) quantitative planning and regionalization, (2) social recruitment, (3) governance, and (4) teaching and studies. (Author/MSE)

The failure of education systems around the world to establish and exploit the crucial link between education and the labor market is examined. Suggestions are made for closing the gap by educational enhancement, redirection, balancing costs, and promoting school-industry links. (MSE)

In order to gain a perspective on how civil servants may influence the present movement toward a national curriculum, Proctor examines how civil servants influenced the shaping of the curriculum during the early 1900s by examining the fate of one school subject--geography. Depicts the ways decisions were made and the attitudes and prejudices of…

Focuses on differentiation in the British upper-secondary curriculum as a means of determining "who gets what, where, and under whose control." Argues that selection by differentiation is becoming more entrenched in upper and lower-secondary education and that it has met little effective opposition. (GEA)

Studies the curriculum changes in Finnish compulsory education between 1881-1985, specifically examining the distribution of subjects throughout the curriculum. Argues that state intentions establish an ideal, but have failed to change school practices and the hidden curriculum. (GEA)

A discussion, among several economists, is presented on the major changes in the international economy that have consequences for national, regional, and local economies, as well as implications for institutional planning and policy making. (MLW)

Maintains that Plowden Report appealed as much for its underlying ideology as for its practical instructional suggestions. The ideology was one of "expressionist egalitarianism": belief that each child's potential is equal and is reached through a process of free expression. States that such ideas are inherently implausible and maintains…

States that the impact of the Plowden Report was insignificant in Germany and Austria; that despite a decade of lively educational debate and hopeful reform initiatives, primary schools are as teacher-centered and bureaucratically controlled as ever. (Author/JDH)

What students need to know in a world where most computations are done by machine is discussed. Needed changes in the mathematics curriculum are then detailed in relation to mental arithmetic, numeration, decimals and fractions, paper-and-pencil computation, order of operations, problem solving, and instruction on calculator use. (MNS)

Educational cooperation in the Nordic countries is described. Specifically discussed are elementary, secondary, and higher education, special education; adult education; research emphases; and exchange of information. (RM)